When Gou Dan heard the young lady call him Lele, he was a little uncomfortable for a moment and scratched his buzz cut shyly: "Thank you, Sister Xinxin, I don't want to drink."

These days, sweet soup is a precious thing, and it's usually reserved for important guests. Gou Dan didn't know what the relationship was between his sister and these two people, so he felt a little embarrassed to drink their sweet soup.

Qin Chuxin could tell he was a little reserved, but she wasn't good at persuading people, so she simply put the sweet soup on the table and said, "Okay, then you can drink it whenever you want."

Fortunately, Xia Qingqing and Qin Chuan came out soon after. As soon as Gou Dan saw his sister, he immediately ran over and took her hand.

Xia Qingqing smiled and pinched Gou Dan's little face: "Why are you so quiet? Aren't you a mischievous little monkey at home? You're fearless."

Dog Egg instantly transformed in front of his sister, grumbling, "How can home and outside be the same?"

Xia Qingqing knew this principle, but she deliberately joked with Gou Dan to make him relax.

Qin Chuxin breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Xia Qingqing come out. She smiled and pointed to the sweet soup on the table, saying, "Sister Xia, this is the sweet soup I made for Lele, but he's too shy to drink it. Can you let him drink it?"

Xia Qingqing didn't expect Gou Dan to be so reserved. She reached out and nudged him, saying, "Go drink. We're leaving after you finish."

With his sister's permission, Gou Dan picked up the bowl and drank the sweet soup in a few gulps, not forgetting to praise, "This sweet soup is so sweet!"

"Then come again next time, and I'll make you some more." Qin Chuxin had a good impression of Gou Dan. The child was not naughty at all and was very polite.

"Xiao An, we'll be going now, you don't need to see us off," Xia Qingqing said goodbye to the brother and sister, and led Gou Dan away.

"Goodbye, Sister Xia; goodbye, Lele," Qin Chuxin waved to Gou Dan, who shyly hid behind his sister.

Once outside the Qin family's house, Xia Qingqing held Gou Dan's little hand and shook it: "Let's go, I'll take you to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some delicious food."

Dog Egg cheered happily, "Oh~ Great, I want to buy candy."

Last night at dinner, his sister brought the 10 cents she gave him. Fruit candies cost 1 cent each, so he could buy 10.

The two arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative. Gou Dan stared wide-eyed at the dazzling array of goods on the shelves.

When saleswoman Liu Mei saw Xia Qingqing, she greeted her with a smile: "Little girl, it's been a long time since I've seen you here."

She had a deep impression of Xia Qingqing. The girl looked young, but she was very willing to spend money and always bought a lot of things every time she came.

Of course, the main point is that the little girl called her "sister" so sweetly that it was hard for Liu Mei not to remember her.

"It's been a long time, sister. I always buy more things so I can come less often," Xia Qingqing replied with a smile, explaining why she hadn't come.

"Sister, could you please give me two pounds of White Rabbit candy and one pound of fruit candy?"

Liu Mei turned to get candy from the shelf. Gou Dan sensed something was wrong and secretly tugged at his sister's hem: "Sis, you're buying so much candy, do we have the money?"

Poor Gou Dan could only buy a few pieces of candy at most when buying from the peddler; he'd never seen anyone buy it by the pound.

He was worried that his sister might not be able to pay the bill and would be arrested.

"Don't worry so much, kid. Your sister has money." Xia Qingqing had already thought that buying so many things would arouse Gou Dan's suspicion, but she planned to take some of the things home this time, so she wasn't afraid of him telling anyone.

Dog Egg nodded obediently. Although he was still a little worried, he listened to his sister and did whatever she said.

Then Xia Qingqing asked Sister Mei to bring a pound of brown sugar, a pound of steamed egg cake, a pound of animal crackers, five pounds of salt, and five pounds of rice.

"That's all. Do you need anything else?" Liu Mei went back and forth to get the items several times, not finding Xia Qingqing troublesome at all. She was just secretly amazed at how generous this girl was; very few people could buy so many things at once.

"That's all, thank you, sister, you've worked hard," Xia Qingqing said, giving Liu Mei a charming smile.

Just then, two girls who looked about the same age as Xia Qingqing entered the supply and marketing cooperative. The taller one called out to Liu Mei, "Auntie."

"Oh, Lanlan's here. Wait a minute, Auntie's busy right now," Liu Mei said, and then started quickly calculating prices in a notebook. Xia Qingqing had bought quite a few things, and she was afraid of making a mistake in her mental calculations.

After calculating twice to make sure there were no mistakes, Liu Mei said to Xia Qingqing, "It's 8.17 yuan in total. You also need to give me a pound of candy coupons and a pound of brown sugar coupons..."

"Okay, thank you, sister," Xia Qingqing quickly handed over the money and the tickets she had prepared beforehand.

She didn't buy things randomly. When Qin Chuan gave her the tickets, she saw what kinds of items were available and picked out some that came with tickets.

If she weren't worried about buying too many at once and attracting too much attention, she would have wanted to spend all of these tickets.

The two new girls kept glancing at Xia Qingqing when they saw that she had bought so many things.

The shorter one whispered, "Lanlan, this girl is so rich! She bought so much food, including White Rabbit candy."

Lanlan nodded in agreement: "Yes, I really envy her."

She said that, but that's not what she really thought. She doesn't have to hand over her monthly salary; she eats and drinks at home, and her salary is more than enough for her needs. But these are definitely not things she should say in front of her friends.

"And she's pretty too, her skin is so white it's almost translucent," the short girl touched her face. Her skin was more of a wheat color, but she thought fair skin was more attractive, so she couldn't help but take a second look whenever she saw a fair-skinned girl.

They were standing not far from Xia Qingqing, and Xia Qingqing overheard their whispers. Xia Qingqing thought the two girls were quite interesting.

So he smiled at them in a friendly manner, and then took Gou Dan's hand and left.

The two girls, the shorter one is named Yu Wenwen, and the taller one is named Liu Dinglan.

After Xia Qingqing left, Liu Dinglan stared at her retreating figure for a long time.

Yu Wenwen waved her hand in front of her eyes: "What are you doing? You're just standing there and not moving. You're not even responding when I talk to you."

Liu Dinglan said with a smile, "I was thinking about that girl just now. Wouldn't it be great if she could be my sister-in-law? She's so beautiful, my brother would definitely fall for her."

"If she were my sister-in-law, there would be absolutely no conflict between us, and I would listen to her in everything."

Hearing this, Yu Wenwen felt a little unhappy. Actually, she had a bit of a crush on Liu Dinglan's brother, so it would be strange if she were happy to hear Liu Dinglan's words.